Alfred James Bishop

June 1882–
Broadway, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Alfred James

When Alfred James Bishop was born in June 1882, in Broadway, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Bishop, was 36 and his mother, Lucy Eason, was 16. He married Alice May Washington in 1917, in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Upwey, Dorset, England, United Kingdom in 1891.

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Family Time Line

Alfred James Bishop
1882–
Alice May Washington
1892–
Marriage: 1917

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1917Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1884
    Age 2
    Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
    1904 · The Entente Cordiale
    Age 22
    The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
    1914
    Age 32
    Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English bissop, biscop, Old English bisc(e)op ‘bishop’, which comes via Latin from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’. The Greek word was adopted early in the Christian era as a title for an overseer of a local community of Christians, and has yielded cognates in every European language: French évêque, Italian vescovo, Spanish obispo, Russian yepiskop, German Bischof, etc. The word came to be applied as a surname for a variety of reasons, among them a supposed resemblance in bearing or appearance to a bishop, and selection as the ‘boy bishop’ on Saint Nicholas's Feast Day. In some instances the surname is from the rare Middle English (Old English) personal name Biscop ‘bishop’. As an Irish surname it is adopted for Mac Giolla Easpaig, meaning ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ). In North America, this surname has absorbed, by assimilation and translation, at least some of continental European cognates, e.g. German Bischoff , Polish, Rusyn, Czech, and Slovak Biskup , Slovenian Škof (see Skoff ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Bischoff
    Bispo
    Gillespie
    Episcopo
    Dean

    Sources (7)

    • Alfred Bishop in household of John Bishop, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
    • Legacy NFS Source: Alfred James Bishop - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth: June 1882; Broadway, Dorsetshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Bishop, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

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